Important Dates

March

03/05 - Officer Practice
03/05 - School Of Instruction
03/07 - Possible Degree
03/10 - 2nd Saturday Coffee
03/12 - Officer Practice
03/12 - School Of Instruction
03/14 - Regular Communication
03/17 - GL Ritual Workshop
03/19 - Officer Practice
03/19 - School Of Instruction
03/21 - Possible Degree
03/23 - Brotherhood Night
03/24 - GL Semi‐Annual Comm.
03/26 - Officer Practice
03/26 - School Of Instruction
03/28 - Possible Degree

Upcoming Activities

04/28 - Lodge Officer Training
Check the website for any date changes and also see Calendar page

St. John's Shout Out!

Island Freemasonry

Grand Turk Masonic Lodge Building

Grand Turk Masonic Lodge

The Grand Turk Masonic Lodge N647 was opened in 1855 by the first president of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Mr. Frederick Forth. Mr. Forth was a member and the Lodge was originally called the Turks Islands Forth Lodge.

The Grand Turk Masonic Lodge is a chapter of the United Grand Lodge of England, and falls under the purview of the District Grand Lodge of the Bahamas and Turks. Although this Grand Lodge doesn't include "Caicos" in its title, it supervises all lodges (3) in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Members of the lodge meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Freemasons who are members of a

chapter in other countries may ask to attend meetings.

Frederick Henry Alexander Forth, the lodge's founder, was the first President of the Turks and Caicos Islands (or more accurately Council President). This was a short‐lived post from 1848 to 1874. Afterwards, the duties of the president were taken over by the Governor of Jamaica, and after Jamaica's independence, the Governor of the Bahamas.

The lodge is subordinate to the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), which was formed by descent from the first Grand Lodge (founded in 1717).

Due to the income from the sea salt industry, the British and Bermudian colonial buildings on the islands of Grand Turk, South Caicos and Salt Cay tend to be the best remaining structures from the periods of early Turks and Caicos history.

The late 1700s and early 1800s cotton and sisal plantations on the larger Caicos Islands initially thrived, yet when the industries collapsed, the agricultural attempts were largely abandoned.
Grand Turk Masonic Lodge

The Grand Turk Masonic Lodge is a prime example of the continuing repairs and renovations seen on the salt islands buildings. The original dimensional lumber roof has been replaced by more‐recent tongue and grove boards and corrugated metal, the doors and windows have been replaced, and electrical utilities have been installed.

As was the case with many of the important buildings at the time, hand-cut limestone blocks, sourced either locally or from Bermuda, forms the main structure of the lodge.

Grand Turk Masonic Lodge N647
Front Street
Cockburn Town, Grand Turk

St. Ursula's Lodge 8952 E.C.

St. Ursala Masonic Lodge
St. Ursula's Lodge 8952 E.C. (August 18th 1980) is located on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Our Lodge is Chartered under the United Grand Lodge of England and administered by the District Grand Lodge of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

The Holy Royal Arch Chapter Concord 8952 also meets in our Masonic Building at Johnsons Ghut, Tortola and is administered by the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in England.

If you are a brother, please contact us to arrange a visit using our contact form.

History ‐ St. Ursula's Lodge No. 8952 EC was consecrated on 18th August 1980 by UGLE, sponsored by Harmonic No. 356 (who provided the first Master in the person of W. Bro John. D. M. Woods), after an absence of any lodge working in the British Virgin Island for over 170 years. It took about three years to consecrate St. Ursula's Lodge after an inaugural committee was established.

At the time of its consecration, St. Ursula's Lodge, along with Harmonic No. 356 and St. George's Lodge No. 3421 in Dominica, were the only English lodges in the Eastern Caribbean not under a District or Inspectorate (they were both unattached and directly under the supervision and control of UGLE). But in the year 1989 -1990 St. Ursula's Lodge No. 8952 EC and Harmonic Lodge No. 356 were brought under the District as part of this Grand Lodge of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean where it has remained an active and valued contributing member ever since.

Long may it continue as such.

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St. Ursula's Lodge 8952 E.C.
Brittish Virgin Islands